International

Cooperation

200+
partner organizations
4000+
international students
50+
counties

Thanks to a wide network of University cooperation and partnership agreements, Herzen University annually welcomes hundreds of international students to bachelor and master programmes, as well as courses of Russian as a foreign language. We are also happy to host foreign university faculty members and employees and international doctoral students within our internships programmes and professional development courses.

Herzen University international cooperation traditions date back to the 18th century. At the time, there was an effort to identify the most academically talented students and send them to European universities, primarily in Germany. After graduating, they came back to Russia to become educators. A wide array of foreign professors were also invited to the University to teach, giving rise to the Russian pedagogical school in the process.

The 1940-s saw the first groups of international students arrive at our University. Since then, students from all over the world have come to Herzen University to study at bachelor, master and doctoral programmes, as well as courses of Russian as a foreign language and other additional educational programmes in different areas.

Currently, Herzen University has agreements with over 140 foreign universities and various other educational, scientific and cultural organisations and bodies from Europe, Asia and the Americas. Herzen University faculty and employees are engaged in research and academic work at universities based in the US, China, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Israel, Finland, Korea and other countries. University researchers take part in various international conferences, workshops and seminars, advise international research projects and preside over and work in organising committees of international academic events and contests.

Key Areas of International Cooperation and Partnership:

attracting international students to Herzen University bachelor, master and doctoral programmes;
teaching Russian as a foreign language courses for international students;
implementing academic exchange programmes for students and faculty;
teaching professional development courses and hosting internship programmes for teachers and researchers;
teaching educational programmes in English;
hosting international educational and research events: conferences, seminars, roundtables, etc.
developing and implementing joint educational programmes at various levels of education;
jointly publishing research, teaching and learning literature;
preparing and hosting dedicated cultural and educational programmes and events: exhibitions, concerts, workshops, etc.
creating—with the assistance of our foreign partners—information, teaching and methodology centres, as well as Herzen University representative and branch offices in different countries.

Herzen University is keen to develop partnerships with foreign public and private educational, research and cultural organisations and institutions.

If you wish to become a Herzen University partner, please send a letter offering partnership by international@herzen.edu.ru

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TEAM

Vice-Rector for International Affairs and Internationalization

Dmitrii Mereshkin

Office hours: 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM and from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Address: Kazanskaya street, 6 | St. Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Phone Number: +7 (812) 314 -78-59

prorector_ms@herzen.spb.ru

Center for Development and International Marketing of Educational Programmes

Natalia Antonova

director

Address: Office 24, Bld. 18, 48 Moika River Emb., Saint Petersburg 191186, Russia

Phone Number: +7 (812) 570-04-28

nantonova@herzen.spb.ru
international@herzen.edu.ru

Anatoly Chekmasov

manager

Address: Office 24, Bld. 18, 48 Moika River Emb., Saint Petersburg 191186, Russia

Phone Number: +7 (812) 570-04-28

avchekmasov@herzen.spb.ru
international@herzen.edu.ru

Polina Fedorova

manager

Address: Office 63, Bld. 18, 48 Moika River Emb., Saint Petersburg 191186, Russia

Phone Number: +7 (812) 570-04-28

pfedorova@herzen.spb.ru
international@herzen.edu.ru

International Students Department

Victoria Vorontsova

head, Candidate of Sciences (pedagogy), Honoured Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Office Hours: from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM and from 14:00 PM to 16:30 PM

Address: Office 4, 6 Kazanskaya Str., Saint Petersburg 191186, Russia

Phone Number: +7 (812) 314-7873

vorontsova@herzen.spb.ru